Caribbean Compass Yachting Magazine January 2015
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CALENDAR<br />
JANUARY<br />
1 Public holiday or “recovery day” in many places (New Year’s Day);<br />
Junkanoo parades in The Bahamas; SSCA New Year’s Day Gam<br />
in Trinidad, www.ssca.org<br />
1 – 4 St. Kitts & Nevis Carnival. www.stkittsneviscarnival.com<br />
1 – 4 Crucian Christmas Festival, St. Croix.<br />
www.stcroixtourism.com/christmas_festival.htm<br />
2 Public holiday in Cuba (Victory of Armed Forces Day)<br />
and Haiti (Founding Fathers’ Day)<br />
3 – 5 Public holiday in Guyana (The Prophet’s Birthday)<br />
4 FULL MOON<br />
6 Public holiday in some places (Three Kings Day/Epiphany)<br />
7 Start of Panerai Transat Classique Race, Lanzarote to Martinique.<br />
www.paneraitransatclassique.com<br />
9 – 25 St. Barts Music Festival. www.stbartsmusicfestival.org<br />
10 Public holiday in the Bahamas (Majority Rule Day)<br />
12 Public holiday in Puerto Rico (Eugenio María de Hostos Day)<br />
15 – 18 <strong>Caribbean</strong> Laser Midwinter Regatta, Cabarete, Dominican Republic.<br />
www.caribwind.com<br />
16 – 24 Mount Gay Rum Round Barbados Race Series.<br />
www.mountgayrumroundbarbadosrace.com<br />
17 Around Antigua Race. AYC<br />
17 – 18 San Sebastian Vela Cup, San Juan, Puerto Rico. mteixidor@yahoo.com<br />
19 Public holiday in Puerto Rico and USVI (Martin Luther King Day)<br />
21 Public holiday in Barbados (Errol Barrow Day)<br />
and the Dominican Republic (Our Lady of Altagracia)<br />
21 – 4 Feb Mustique Blues Festival.<br />
www.discoversvg.com/index.php/en/mustique/events<br />
22 – 25 Bequia Mount Gay Music Fest. www.bequiatourism.com/bequiamusicfest<br />
24 - 25 Interlux Regatta, St. Maarten. SMYC<br />
24 - 25 Martin Luther King Regatta, St. Thomas, USVI. STYC<br />
25 Public holiday in Aruba (GF Croes Day)<br />
26 Public holiday in the Cayman Islands (National Heroes’ Day)<br />
and the Dominican Republic (Duarte Day)<br />
29 – 31 Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival, Montego Bay.<br />
http://jamaicajazzandblues.com<br />
29 – 1 Feb SuperYacht Challenge Antigua. http://thesuperyachtchallenge.com<br />
29 – 1 Feb St. Barth Fun Cup<br />
29 – 3 Feb Grenada Sailing Week (yachts). http://grenadasailingweek.com<br />
31 Puerto Rico Dragon Boat Festival. Ponce, Puerto Rico.<br />
www.puertoricodragonboat.com<br />
31 – 1 Feb Grenada Sailing Festival (workboats). www.grenadasailingfestival.com<br />
31 – 1 Feb Cruising Outpost cruisers’ party, Road Town, Tortola.<br />
www.cruisingoutpost.com<br />
FEBRUARY<br />
1 – 8 Antigua Dragon Yacht Club Challenge.<br />
www.harmonyhallantigua.com/yacht-club<br />
2 World Wetlands Day. www.ramsar.org<br />
3 FULL MOON<br />
6 – 8 Club Náutico de San Juan Int’l Regatta, Puerto Rico. CNSJ<br />
7 Public holiday in Grenada (39th Anniversary of Independence)<br />
7 – 8 Cruising Outpost magazine cruisers’ party, St. Maarten.<br />
www.cruisingoutpost.com<br />
8 Sailors’ & Landlubbers’ Auction, Bequia. www.bequiasunshineschool.org<br />
13 – 15 Round Martinique Carnival Regatta. www.theroundmartinique.com<br />
13 – 17 25th Semaine Nautique Internationale de Schoelcher, Martinique.<br />
www.cnschoelcher.net/regates/24eme-semaine-nautique<br />
14 – 15 Jolly Harbour Valentine’s Regatta, Antigua. JHYC<br />
15 – 22 Holetown Festival, Barbados.<br />
www.holetownfestivalbarbados.org/background.html<br />
16 Public holiday in Puerto Rico and USVI (Presidents’ Day)<br />
16 – 17 Carnival Monday and Tuesday in most Dutch and French islands, Haiti,<br />
Puerto Rico, Dominica, Carriacou, Trinidad & Tobago,<br />
Venezuela and other places<br />
18 Public holiday in many places (Ash Wednesday)<br />
21 – 22 VIODA Champs, St. Thomas, USVI. STYC<br />
22 Public holiday in St. Lucia (Independence Day)<br />
22 – 24 Cruzan Open Regatta<br />
23 Start of RORC <strong>Caribbean</strong> 600 race, Antigua. http://caribbean600.rorc.org<br />
23 Public holiday in Guyana (Republic Day)<br />
26 – 28 Cayman Islands Festival of the Arts. www.artscayman.org/cayfest<br />
TBA Tobago Carnival Regatta<br />
JANUARY <strong>2015</strong> CARIBBEAN COMPASS PAGE 49<br />
All information was correct to the best of our knowledge at the time<br />
this issue of <strong>Compass</strong> went to press — but plans change,<br />
so please contact event organizers directly for confirmation.<br />
If you would like a nautical or tourism event listed FREE in our monthly<br />
calendar, please send the name and date(s) of the event<br />
and the name and contact information of the organizing body to<br />
sally@caribbeancompass.com